Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +MMDF+2.11; site ukc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!rde From: rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: help wanted Message-ID: <518@ukc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 18:09:44 EST Article-I.D.: ukc.518 Posted: Sat Jan 4 18:09:44 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jan-86 03:43:27 EST References: <81@druxv.UUCP> Reply-To: rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) Organization: U of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK Lines: 20 In the case you mentioned (DIR B:) when you only have A and C - it isn't an error so no wonder you can't catch it! This is the result of the way DOS simulates two floppy drives on a single floppy system (such as an XT). It "knows" whether the floppy drive is working as A or B at any time; most times it's drive A. If you reference drive B, it asks you to take the disk out of the drive (since it's the "A" disk) and insert the disk you would have liked to be in drive B if you had one. Try DISKCOPY A: B: on an XT or similar to see a demo of this. -- Bob Eager rde@ukc.UUCP rde@ukc ...!mcvax!ukc!rde Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589